I am soooo behind!

I have so much i want to post, but don't want to sit that long to get it done. Lets see, where to start... Dave has been home for a month now and we are loving it! He started his job 2 weeks ago back at the site. He is also going to school full time online through Thomas Edison State College. They have a Radiation Protection degree that he can apply a bunch of Radiation work towards and eventually be a Radcon Engineer. The school thing has really put a damper on our fun time with him though and that is hard for us cuz we love to have fun! Right now Dave is taking English, Political Science, and Spanish. Its a load of 9 credits every 12 weeks. Pretty intense but I am so proud of him!
Summer is already wearing me out. Kids had swimming lessons the last two weeks every day. Cory has soccer camp next week and then Alaina turns 5 next Friday! I can't believe it, my baby is too old! We are still hoping to add to our family, but so far, I guess the timing hasn't aligned with Heavenly Father's plans for us yet. We So want another baby! We will be doing as much camping as we possibly can this summer. Dave works a 4/10 shift and has fri-sun off so we hope to camp as much as we can. Anyway, i have a bunch of pics to post sometime, but right now, i have got to go supervise Cory mowing the lawn...

Adorable Dancing Alaina!

Alaina loves dance and this is her second year. She turns 5 this June and starts Kindergarten this fall. Holy Cow the kids are growing up fast! Cory will be in 2nd grade this fall. We miss you Daddy!

Ok, what a crazy last week this has been...

So you know how Dave was supposed to be in Brazil until June? Well, to make a long story short, Bartlett lied a bunch about many of the things they promised to the workers, so when Dave got there, he was pretty disgusted. He swears he will never do another job for them without a contract. Anyway, because of the lack in honesty by his recruiters, Dave came home last week and stayed for several days and left today to go back to work in South Carolina where he worked last fall. One of the biggest problems with Brazil was when he got there, the job was half done because it took them so long to get the visa's and they knew if they told the employees that, they wouldn't come. So they were going to start laying off in two more weeks, which means Dave would have only been there 5 weeks instead of the 4 months they promised. Anyway, just another example of how our life takes crazy turns constantly, but he is happy he got in to the outage back east and pray for us, cuz he applied for a job out at the site that starts this summer. We so want a normal life again. WE are so SICK of telling each other "Goodbye". He should be back the first of June. He did, however enjoy his 3 weeks in Brazil and learned a good bit of Portugese which he is enjoying trying out on his Portugese speaking friends! He defintly has a gift for languages! Not me...

Wow it's been a long time since I posted!

Well, Dave finally got off to Brazil 2 weeks ago. He is having an ok time there. He is not getting to enjoy the beautiful beaches and weather much cuz he is working so much and has no car to get anywhere. But he did get his 2nd sunburn ever... Last year he got his first in Florida. Poor baby. I have only had like a thousand and my freckles prove it! We miss him lots but are staying busy. Alaina is in dance and loving it. She is also going to preschool 3 days a week. Cory is in 1st grade and is doing very good. He is really starting to great with his reading and math. He starts soccer for his 4th season this spring. I am going to start selling Lia Sofia jewelry and I am excited about that. Not a whole lot to update for now, so when i have some new news, i will report...

David is home.... Yeah!!

Dave got back last monday and it has been great having him back. However, we had a rough week cuz we all got the flu bug. Alaina started off with it on tuesday and then Dave, Cory, and I all got it around the same time friday. But thank goodness it didn't last very long! Dave found out about a job interview in California on Thursday, so he left at 3 am this morning to drive there to Northern California. His interview is tomorrow morning, so i hope it goes great! At least we got him for 6 days before he took off again. But he will be back Wednesday. More later!

ok everyone, all of these videos are for Dave cuz we missed him at our annual pie night. Beware, some are long, watch at your own risk...

k, this is a long "I miss you dad" by Cory, it almost turned into a prayer a few time... so cute!

Here's Alaina singing "I Am A Child Of God"...

Here's Cory singing "America the Beautiful" a little timidly...

Chris is wrestlin cory for ya Dave... cory so needs this on a daily basis!

Our crazy friends.... We love ya Chis and Em!

i'm a little slow in getting thise videos posted from pie night...

Dave is going to Brazil!

Dave is so excited! He just got confirmed to go work in Brazil on a Steam Generator. I don't know what all he will do, but this is a huge opportunity for his career. He will leave the end of January and will be done in May. He will be living in a gated community right on the beach 45 minutes away from anything. They provide his housing and meals while at work. We could go with him, i just don't know for sure what to do yet. I want him to go first and see what the situation is before we bring the kids. Besides, i have to get them passports and that will take a little while. Anyway, just wanted to update ya. He is so thrilled, so i am stoked for him.

The Gals at Twilight...

Ok, so i am a part of this phenomenon that has wiped the nation called "Twilight". A bunch of gals and I all went out to the 8 o'clock showing of the movie and we waited in line for about an hour to get into the theater. Now, some of the girls in the group are major die hard Twilight Junkies, reading the books several times each. I only have read the first two books, still working on the third. I really enjoyed the movie. Some of my friends not as much as me, but it was a party to all go together. Some of us very low-budgetly made our own shirts to celebrate the occasion and yes, we were the loud ones in line laughing and taking pictures. We went to Perkins afterwards and partied and it was a great Girls Night all together. Thanks Ladies for the Fun!

Have a GREAT Thanksgiving!

Cory's Patriotic Program

Cory performed tonight with his school (White Pine Charter School) and they did a Patriotic program. Cory's class sang "America The Beautiful" and Cory had every word memorized. The past 3 years i have done the choir at the school, but this year with Dave being gone, i just didn't have it in me. So now they have some great ladies who have integrated a music program during the school day and so I am thrilled that the kids are still getting music experience. I did still help in writing the narration and enjoyed still being involved. Anyway, the dang fire alarm went off before they could sing the finale song, "The Star Spangled Banner" so I was sad to not get to record that cuz how many 6 year olds do you know who can sing that song in pitch, word for word? He is definetly his father's child. Cory sang two Sundays ago a solo of A Child of God for Sacrament Meeting for the Primary program. I couldn't help the tears from falling. It was beautiful and he hit every note perfectly. We sure missed Daddy being there, he would be so PROUD! I will record Cory singing the song by himself one of these days...

Laina at the Festival of Trees

Alaina loves to perform, especially because she gets to wear a little makeup and this time i got a little glitter for her to wear on her face so she was busting at the seams to get to wear it. This video is not super good of her cuz the teacher was in front of her, but it was the only spot i could squeeze in on the floor in the aisle with all the little kids wanting to see, so i tried to blend in with them. This is for Dave to see cuz he coudln't be here to watch her.

I know i am extrememly fickle...

I decided it is a pain to go private with my blog, so i will just be super careful of what info i give out. So sorry for being fickle and changing my mind. Welcome all again!

I decided to go private with my blog

I am just in the process of sending emails to the people I am allowing to read my blog. I have just heard too many crazy scarey things so I decided to close the open doors to anyone reading about my fam. More posts to come soon...